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No. 435,638. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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UNITED STATES CORTEZ E. BARNES,

DAYTON C. WILLIAMS AND CHARLES T. KERRY,

PATENT OEEICE.

OF SAME PLACE.

SACK-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,638, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed March 20, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORTEZ E. BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reed City, in the county of Osceola and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Sack Fillers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in appliances in use by grocersand others for filling paper sacks; and the objects of my invention are,first, to provide a paper-sack filler, in which the funnel or filler andthe standard or support are entirely detached from each other; second,to provide a papersack filler with which sacks of various sizes may befilled. Without varying the size, form, or position of the filler, Ithus provide a paper-sack filler that may be readily moved from place toplace.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of the severalparts of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same, and Fig. 3is a sectional elevation of the jacket with a sack, and the funnel inposition for filling the sack.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a jacket or support forthe funnel, which may be made of tin orother suitable material, in the form of a hollow cylinder open at bothends. It should be made of sufhcient diametrical size to freely receivethe largest size of sacks to be filled and a trifle longer than suchsack, so that when the sack is standing its full height, inside thejacket, its top will not necessarily come in contact with the top of thejacket or the funnel when the funnel is resting upon the jacket. It isprovided with two handles a at the upper end.

As the principal object of my invention is to provide a paper-sackfiller with which sacks of various sizes maybe filled Without varyingthe size or form of the filler, I provide for so doing by making afunnel B entirely separate from the jacket or standard A, which isprovided With a aring rim of sufficient size dianietrically to projectbeyond the circle of the jacket in every direction, so that when in use.the funnel will be supported upon the top of the jacket. To the bottoniof this flange Serial No. 267,917. (No model.)

I attach a cylindrical body b small enough to enter a small sack, andlong enough to extend into such sack a short distance when the sack andjacket are standing on the counter or fioor and the funnel is resting onthe jacket, and I provide for making the capacity of my funnelsufficient to fill a large sack by attaching an upwardly-projecting rimd to the edge of the flange c of sufficient height to give the funnelthe full capacity of the largest sack to be filled with it. By thismeans it will be seen that the sack stands independent of the jacket andthe funnel, and while the funnel is small enough and long enough toenter and fill a small sack its capacity is sufficient to fill a largesack, thus utilizing the one filler for filling a variety of sizes ofsacks.

In manufacturing the funnel, it is best to turn a short offset on thelower end of the flaring rim and insert it inside of the body l) whenattaching the two together, for the purpose of affording a smoothsurface over the point of juncture.

To use my filler, the jacket A is placed on end, the body b of thefunnel is placed inside of the sack and the sack and funnel are placedinside of the jacket, the sack being allowed to drop down and stand uponthe counter or floor inside of the jacket with the funnel inserted, butunsupported by either the funnel or the jacket. The material is placedin the funnel, and when the sack is filled the jacket and funn el may beraised from over the sack.

My filler is intended only for filling sacks that are sufficiently rigidto support themselves' in a standing position when empty.

I am aware that prior to my invention bagholders have been madeconsisting of a funnel, in combination with some other device forsupporting and filling bags, sacks, duc. I do not therefore claim thisbroadly as my invention; but

lVhat I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a sack-filler, of a cylindrical jacket and afunnel detached from the jacket having a iaring rim of larger diameterthan the jacket, and a cylindrical body smaller than the jacket and ofaproper length, so that when the rim rests on the top of the IOO edge ofthe Haring rim, the funnel and the jacket being separate, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Reed City, Michigan, this 14th day of March, 1888.

CORTEZ E. BARNES.

In presence of- LOU B. WINsoR, OLIVER BARRETT.

